Books

The Lucky Country

'Australia is a lucky country, run mainly by second-rate people who share its luck.' The phrase '…

Author: Donald Horne Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1964

Tom Loxley is holed up in a remote bush shack trying to finish his book on Henry James when his …

Author: Michelle de Kretser Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2007

An Australian woman returns alone to the Greek village house where she was once welcomed as a bride…

Author: Beverley Farmer Publisher: UQP Published year: 1995

A brilliant, innovative, reverently faithful graphic novel adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's jazz-…

Author: Nicki Greenberg Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2007

Maya de Jong, an eighteen-year-old country girl from the West, comes to live in Melbourne and starts…

Author: Joan London Publisher: Random House Australia Published year: 2008

View ABC Splash interview The Golden Bird brings together the best of Robert Adamson's work from …

Author: Robert Adamson Publisher: Black Inc. Published year: 2008

‘Imagine the entire population of Melbourne abandoning their homes and taking to the road in …

Author: George Johnston Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Published year: 1960

Cuddle up with someone from your family and visit 15 of Australia’s native animals and their …

Author: Tai Snaith Publisher: Thames and Hudson Published year: 2012

From Tom Taylor (Star Wars: Blood Ties, 2000AD, The Authority) and James Brouwer (Justice League …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Tom Taylor Illustrator: James Brouwer Publisher: Gestalt Publishing Published year: 2011

Teacher Resource

The Colony is the story of the marvellously contrary, endlessly energetic early years of Sydney. It …

Author: Grace Karskens Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2009